Social Work Journals and Other Serial Publications in Africa (ASWNet Index)

The ASWNet indexes journals, books and other serial publications published in Africa. Use the form to suggest a publication to be indexed, to submit an abstract for abstracting and for requesting an African Publication Number (APN). The criteria for inclusion:

Published in Africa or run b Africans outside Africa
Majority of editorial staff is African
Has published in the last 10 years
Publication adheres to African ethics and values in research and publishing
A publication does not necessarily need to have an ISSN, ISBN or APN to be included in this index.

INDEXED PUBLICATIONS – SOCIAL WORK AND DEVELOPMENT

	Publication	Details	Comments
1	African Journal of Social Work	Published by the National Association of Social Workers – Zimbabwe	Publishes 6 times a year
2	Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk	Published by Dept. of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University	Publishes 4 times a year in March, June, August and October
3	Journal of Social Development in Africa	Published by the Midlands State University, School of Social Work, Zimbabwe	Publishes 2 times a year
4	The Egyptian Journal of Social Work (EJSW)	Published by the Faculty of social work, Helwan University, Egypt	Publishes 2 times a year
5	African Journal of Disability	Published by CRS, AfriNEAD and CEDRES	Publishes one volume a year. Articles are published as soon as they are accepted.
6	People Centered – The Journal of Development Administration	Published by the of Institute of Development Administration, Zimbabwe	Publishes 4 times a year
7	Africa Development / Afrique et Développement	Published by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), a Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Senegal	Published 4 times a year until 2018. Bilingual – English and French
8	Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development	University of South Africa Press, South Africa	Published 3 times a year until 2016
9	African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues	Department of Psychology University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria	Published 3 times a year
10	SAHARA: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS	The Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA)	Publishes one issue per year through Taylor and Francis
11	Nigeria Journal of Social Work Education	University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Published once yearly in June
12	Rwanda Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Business	University of Rwanda	Publishes 4 issues 1 volume per year (4 times a year)
13	Gender and Behaviour	Department of Psychology Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria	Publishes 2 times a year
14	Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa	Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA	Published outside Africa. Published 4 times a year in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer
15	Benin Journal of Social Work and Community Development	Department of Social Work, University of Benin, Nigeria	Published 3 times a year beginning 2020
16	Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies	Published by Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Published once a year
17	Journal of Sociology and Development	St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Department of Sociology	Once a year
18	The Zambia Social Science Journal	Southern African Institute for Policy and Research, Zambia	Published 2 times a year. last published in 2018.
19	Institute of Social Work Journal	Institute of Social Work, Tanzania	Publishes 2 times a year. No single article verified. Publishes several fields in one journal – Social Work, Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Labour Relations and Public Management and other business-related fields

INDEXED PUBLICATIONS – ALL SOCIAL WORK AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED

	Publication	Details	Comments
1	African Journal of Social Work	Published by the National Association of Social Workers – Zimbabwe	Publishes 6 times a year
2	Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk	Published by Dept. of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University	Publishes 4 times a year in March, June, August and October
3	Journal of Social Development in Africa	Published by the Midlands State University, School of Social Work, Zimbabwe	Publishes 2 times a year
4	The Egyptian Journal of Social Work (EJSW)	Published by the Faculty of social work, Helwan University, Egypt	Publishes 2 times a year
	African Journal of Disability	Published by CRS, AfriNEAD and CEDRES	One volume a year. Articles published as soon as they are accepted.
5	People Centered – The Journal of Development Administration	Published by the of Institute of Development Administration, Zimbabwe	Publishes 4 times a year
6	Africa Development / Afrique et Développement	Published by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), a Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Senegal	Published 4 times a year until 2018. Bilingual – English and French
7	African Sociological Review	Published by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), a Pan-African research organisation headquartered in Dakar, Senegal	2 times a year
8	African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH)	Published by the Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC).	Publishes 6 times a year in February, April, June, August, October and December.. Bilingual – English and French
9	African Health Sciences	African Health Sciences Makerere University Medical School, Kampala Uganda.	4 times a year
10	African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (AJTCAM)	African Traditional Herbal Medicine Supporters Initiative (ATHMSI)	3 times a year. Last published 2019.
11	African Journal of Economic Review (AJER)	The Open University of Tanzania;Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Tanzania	2 times a year
12	African Research Review (AFRREV)	International Association of African Researchers and Reviewers (IAARR), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia	3 times yearly – April, August and December
13	Journal of African Development	Pennsylvania State University Press, USA	Published outside Africa
14	Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review	Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)	Publishes 2 times a year
15	Filosofia Theoretica – Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions	Calabar School of Philosophy (CSP), University of Calabar, Nigeria	Published twice each year; January-June and July-December
16	Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development	University of South Africa Press, South Africa	Published 3 times a year until 2016
17	African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues	Department of Psychology University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria	Published 3 times a year
18	African Journal on Conflict Resolution (AJCR)	ACCORD (NGO), Durban, South Africa	2 times a year
19	East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights	Human Rights and Peace Centre, Faculty of Law, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda	2 times a year. Last published in 2008
20	Southern Peace Review	Southern Institute of Peace Building and Development, Zimbabwe	2 times a year
21	The Counsellor	Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, Nigeria	The journal is published twice during a year
22	Edo Journal of Counselling	Edo Chapter of Counselling Association of Nigeria	Last published in 2011. 2 times a year
23	Nigerian Journal of Guidance and Counselling (TNJGC)	Department of Counsellor Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.	Once a year
24	Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies (IJHS)	Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Once a year
25	Journal of Consumer Sciences	South African Association of Family Ecology and Consumer Sciences (SAAFECS)	Once a year
26	The Journal of Student Affairs in Africa (JSAA)	Society for the Professionalization of Student Affairs in Africa (SPSAA), South Africa	2 times a year
27	Makerere Journal of Higher Education (MAJOHE)	East African School of Higher Education Studies and Development, Makerere University, Uganda	Twice a year in February and August
28	East African Journal of Public Health	Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Last published in 2019. Once – 3 times a year
29	SAHARA: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS	The Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA) which is an alliance of partners established to conduct, support and use social sciences research to prevent the further spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of its devastation in sub-Saharan Africa.	Publishes one issue per year through Taylor and Francis
30	African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR)	Published by NISC Pvt Ltd	Publishes 4 times per year
31	Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health	Published by NISC Pvt Ltd	Published 3 times a year
32	South African Journal of Child Health	Health and Medical Publishing, Cape Town, South Africa	4 times a year
33	Nigeria Journal of Social Work Education	University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Published once yearly in June
34	Rwanda Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Business	University of Rwanda	Publishes 4 issues 1 volume per year (4 times a year)
35	Inkanyiso: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences	Forum Press, South Africa	Publishes 2 times a year
36	Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning	University of the Western Cape, South Africa	Publishes 2 times a year
37	Gender and Behaviour	Department of Psychology Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria	Publishes 2 times a year
38	Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa	Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA	Published outside Africa. Published 4 times a year in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer
39	Benin Journal of Social Work and Community Development	Department of Social Work, University of Benin, Nigeria	Published 3 times a year beginning 2020
40	Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies	Published by Department of Social Work, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Published once a year
41	African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture	Published 4 times a year
42	Ghana Journal of Development Studies (GJDS)	SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS) Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, Wa, Upper West Region, GHANA	Published 2 times a year in May and October
43	African Journal of Sustainable Development	Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Last published in 2019. 2 issues a year
44	International Journal of Development and Management Review	Nigeria	Published once a year
45	IFE PsychologIA	The Ife Centre for Psychological Studies & Services, Nigeria	Published twice a year
46	Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems	South Africa	Two issues are published each year
47	Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research (ZJER)	UHuman Resources Research Centre (HRRC), Faculty of Education, University of Zimbabwe	Publishes 3 times a year
48	Journal of Agricultural Extension	Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON)	Publishes 3 times a year
49	Journal of Agricultural Research and Development	Department of Animal production Faculty of Agriculture University of Ilorin Ilorin, Nigeria	Once a year
50	South African Journal of Agricultural Extension	South Africa	Last published in 2019. 2 times a year
51	Journal of Sociology and Development	St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Department of Sociology	Once a year
52	Africa Insight	Africa Institute of South Africa.	Quarterly
53	The Zambia Social Science Journal	Southern African Institute for Policy and Research, Zambia	Published 2 times a year. last published in 2018.
54	Mtafiti Mwafrika (African Researcher)	Centre for African Studies (CAS), Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda	Inactive. Last published in 2017.
55	Institute of Social Work Journal	Institute of Social Work, Tanzania	Publishes 2 times a year. No single article verified. Publishes several fields in one journal – Social Work, Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Labour Relations and Public Management and other business-related fields

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